Zia Yusuf said paying the Taliban was “quite reasonable.”

7 months ago

The scheme was kept secret under the only ever government superinjunction A data leak has revealed that thousands of Afghans were secretly brought to the UK in a government scheme estimated to cost £850,000,000. The information comes after The Times revealed that a British military data leak put up to 100,000 Afghans at risk of […]

8 months ago

The government advises against all travel to the country A 23-year-old who had to be rescued from Afghanistan after going on holiday there is now among three Britons held by the Taliban in the country, having reportedly returned there. The UK government is in negotiations over the trio, who have been named as “danger tourist”, […]

3 years ago

‘The truth is what you’ve said; Our innocent people were chess pieces to your soldiers’ The Taliban have accused Prince Harry of committing war crimes after the royal revealed he’d killed 25 people whilst serving in Afghanistan. In his upcoming memoir, Spare, the Duke of Sussex reveals that he did not think of the insurgents […]

3 years ago

It not clear how many helicopters left behind by the US are working or operational Three people have been killed and five injured after a helicopter left behind by the US in Afghanistan crashed on Saturday during a Taliban training exercise. Enaytullah Khowrazmi, a spokesperson for the Taliban administration’s ministry of defence, said: “An American […]

3 years ago

The High Court has ordered him to stop selling the reconditioned Reliant Robins The self-proclaimed son of the DeLorean inventor has pledged to push ahead with orders for his rebooted version from the Taliban – despite losing a High Court battle. Ty DeLorean, 40, says worldwide interest in his ‘Back to the Future’ cars remains […]

3 years ago